Medical politics : being the essay to which was awarded the first Carmichael prize, of £200, by the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, 1873 / by Isaac Ashe.

  • Ashe, Isaac, 1834-1891.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Medical politics : being the essay to which was awarded the first Carmichael prize, of £200, by the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, 1873 / by Isaac Ashe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    on behalf of such and such Corporations, nor yet on behalf of the profession, but on behalf of certain branches of the public service, or certain requirements of the commonwealth, which are to be supplied and subserved by the medical profession. The Army and Navy for instance, the Poor Law Depart- ment, and Sanitary Science, ought all to be represented on the Council as having need of efficient service from the pro- fession. Again the three kingdoms as such might fairly be represented thereon as a means of introducing the interests of the public at large. And again, since the Council is a Council of Education, it would be highly desirable that Science should have her special representatives on it, who would also very effectively introduce a non-professional, or at least a non-practising element into the Council, which we think would probably prove beneficial to the public interest as looking at things more from the public than the profes- sional point of view. Suppose now we were to suggest such names as the fol- lowing ; premising, however, that all the appointments to the Council should be made by the Privy Council as repre- senting the nation, on behalf of which the Council is ap- pointed. Let us say as representing England Mr. John Simon, who would also in virtue of his office as medical officer of the Privy Council be the most suitable person for Presidentship of the Council. For Scotland we might name Dr. John Hughes Bennett. For Ireland perhaps Sir D. J. Corrigan or Dr. Stokes. The Army might be fitly represented by Professor Parkes. The Navy by Dr. J. D. Hooker, who would also possess the recom- mendation of representing a scientific branch of education. The Poor Law Service might be fittingly represented by Dr. Edward Smith ; * and Sanitary Science by Dr. Rumsey; * The lamented death of Dr. Edward Smith occurred in the long interval which has unfortunately elapsed, much against the author’s wishes, between the writing and the publication of this essay. We might substitute the name of Dr. G. Buchanan or Dr. R. T. Thorne.